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L'arte d'alluminar: Illustrations of Dante's Divine Comedy from the Tri-Colleges

Published on:

01/08/09

This exhibition features books and prints from the collections of Bryn Mawr, Haverford and Swarthmore Colleges and, over the course of three installations, presents illustrations of all 100 cantos of the Divine Comedy.

Exhibit: January 20 to May 22, 2009 Inferno: January 20 to March 1, 2009 Pugatorio: March 2 to April 12, 2009 Paradise: April 13 to May 22

Location: Sharpless Gallery, Magill Library

Lecture: Seeing Through the Dark Wood: A History of Dante Illustration

Speaker: Christian Dupont February 9, 2009 – 4:30 p.m.

Location: Philips Wing, Magill Library Reception to follow“To tell about the good I found there,” Dante writes in the opening lines of Inferno,“I will also recount the other things I saw.” And so generations of artists have attempted to follow Dante on his mystical journey and bring to our eyes what Dante alone witnessed through his. Their illustrations help us see the dark wood, and sometimes through it to deeper meanings beyond.